[MUSIC] The topic of this video is American Sign Language or ASL. ASL has its rules, structure, grammar, facial expressions. So many aspects are included. There's been research done and proven that American Sign Language is a language. Just like French, Spanish, English, those are languages. Just as much as American Sign Language is. And this researcher was William Stokoe. And we're so appreciative of him, this is his sign name. He did all the research and found that American Sign Language should be recognized as a language all across the United States and meets all the criteria. And different countries have their own sign language which is pretty interesting in itself. So cochlear implants. It doesn't really have anything to do with the acquisition of American Sign Language or sign language. It's more oralism. It's to train to be able to use the spoken language. And understand the spoken language to be able to produce the spoken language. That's the purpose of the assistive devices. Now the cochlear or hearing aid is just a tool. It's not a language, it has nothing to do with language. American Sign Language for sure is a language. Now let's say you want to sign to a new born. They definitely will comprehend it with time, just like speaking to a baby. As they develop that spoken language, they will definitely develop that sign language. It's a fact that babies comprehend sign language faster than they would a spoken language. They'll develop the spoken language later. There's an article that discusses this fact in more detail and it also talks about the cochlear and other topics as well.